EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. FARMERS PRIDE, INC.

Filing 17

ORDER THAT THE APPLICATION IS GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART AS FOLLOWS: RESPONDENT FARMER'S PRIDE, INC. SHALL COMPLY WITH SUBPOENA NO. PA-12-12, A CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER WILL BE ENTERED. PARTIES ARE DIRECTED TO CONFER AND SUBMIT A PROPOSED CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER BY 11/9/2012.SIGNED BY HONORABLE R. BARCLAY SURRICK ON 10/31/2012. 11/1/2012 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(stwe, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY :
COMMISSION
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v.
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FARMER’S PRIDE, INC.
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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 12-MC-148

ORDER
AND NOW, this 31st

day of

October

, 2012, upon consideration of

Applicant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Application for an Order to Show
Cause Why an Administrative Subpoena Should Not Be Enforced (ECF No. 1), and all papers
submitted in support thereof and in opposition thereto, and after a hearing in open court, it is
ORDERED that the Application is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows:
1.

Respondent Farmer’s Pride, Inc. shall comply with Subpoena No. PA-12-12
(“Subpoena”).

2.

A confidentiality order prohibiting the disclosure of the private contact
information of Respondent’s employees to charging party Christian Ramirez, his
attorney Liz Chacko, Esq., and Friends of Farmworkers and its attorneys, will be
entered. The parties are directed to confer and submit a proposed confidentiality
order to the Court on or before November 9, 2012.

3.

Applicant’s request for costs of litigating the enforcement of the Subpoena is
DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT:

R. BARCLAY SURRICK, J.

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